Improvement in kitchen slicing utensils



A. IS KE. Kitchen Slicing Utensil.

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THE GRAPHIC C0 PHOTO LITH 398m NITED TATES ANTHONY ISKE, OF LANCASTER,PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN KITCHEN SLICING UTENSILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,823, dated May 4,1875 application filed December 5, 1874.-

slicing apparatus with other facilities into intimate relation, and, asa whole, to form a useful and desirable kitchen utensil.

The accompanying drawing and letters of reference marked thereon, with abrief description, will enable any one skilled in the art to make anduse this invention, in which Figure 1 shows a front elevation andpartial perspective of the parts in place; Fig. 2, an end elevation.Fig. 3 is a reversed view of Fig. 1, to show the knife-frame in aninclined position and its-appliances; Figs. 4, 5, and 6, detachedportions of the knife-holder, to show the devices for attaching and adjusting the same.

The slicing support and table A A, provided with a slotted adjustableknife-plate, 0, may be continuous, with a drawer, D, under it, with ashort upright, a, and the outer end piece a, or between two full-lengthuprights, a a, with an inclined shelf, J, forming a hopper to containsmaller vegetables, and hold them to the action of the knife l by meansof a swinging lid, B, hinged above, under the cross-piece Y. The table AA has an adjustable bed-plate, O; The knife-frame is secured by a pivot,W, on which, with the sliding knife, it can be more or less inclinedfrom the horizontal position, and secured by the adjusting-pin 43. Atone end, through the end piece Eof the said frame, a similar piece, E,joins the other end of the frame. These are made adjustable, in case thewood should swell and tend to clamp thesliding holder 0 0, combined andmoving with tongues in grooves in said frame-pieces Z 2. The combinedholder of the knife F and its adjustment consists of three pa ts, sothat the edge can be sharpened without detaching the knife, being onlyheld to the lower strip by a slot,f, Fig. 4, under a headed screw on theinner side of said strip 6. (Not shown.) The section 0, to which theknife F is permanently fixed, has an upper extension with a perforation,o, for a headed bolt and nut at V in the bridgepiece S, Fig. 6, to whichit is also attached at a through a hole in the projecting end of thehandle R on section 0. This strip c has a clutch at U, and the upper andlower ends of the bridge-piece S also extend forward to form a likeclutch for adjusting the thickness of the slice to be cut by the knifeat three points simultaneously. Fig. 5 shows the section 0 of theknife-holder, with a cast plate made adjustable by two long slots, 29 p.This plate is provided at three poin ts with wedge-shaped graduatedflanges Q, so that the clutch U and those of the bridge-piece comeagainst the raised step of said flange Q in regular order, step and stepalike; and when so adjusted it is secured by means of a square-headedscrewbolt, 8, through section 0 at t, Fig. 5, and the bridge-piece S,Fig. 6, by means of the binding-nut T, as seen in Fig. 3, where theseveral parts are combined. The adjustment is easily made at the threepoints by a single movement, thus differing substantially from devicesformerly employed. It may be desirable to clamp the machine or utensilagainst the edge of a table when cutting. To this end I show thebase-strip N, front and rear, narrower at one end, so that the foot Aprojects and forms a hold-fast below.

Among the features of my device are the handle R, with its mode ofconnection, and the manner of inclining the frame for the cutter tofacilitate the action of the blade. I also find by rounding the upperportion of thevknife that it enters more freely and cuts better.

I do not confine myself to any special form of the cabinet or stand, nordo I claim such any more than as a base for holding the material to becut by the slicing device.

What I claim as my invention is The combination and arrangement of aswinging frame, E Z a, on a pivot-bolt, S, with its thumbscrew T held inposition by a pin, 2', sliding knife-holders G G U, with the adjustingdevices Q P 19 s v u, the whole constructed and operating substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose set forth.

ANTHONY ISKE. Witnesses:

JNo. M. AMWEG, J AGOB STAUFFER.

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